Author: Amanda Macleod

Location: Chelmsford, Essex

Tags: Wedding Cake Decorations, Wedding Cake Toppers, Wedding Cakes

Venus Cakes

http://www.venuscakes.com/blog/

Lindsay's Description:

At Venus Cakes you will find a stunning and diverse range of custom wedding and occasion cakes as individual as the celebrations they were designed for. Join cake designer Amanda Macleod at her blog, Piece of Cake, as she showcases her creative designs. Alongside beautiful photographs of Amanda's wedding cakes, you will also find birthday and occasion cakes also designed and created by Amanda. Each post is accompanied by a detailed write-up, sharing Amanda's passion for design and attention to detail.

Amanda Macleod's Description:

Amanda has a passion for creating individual, stunning cakes and her attention to detail is what makes any cake created by Venus Cakes a work of art. Amanda will work attentively with her client to create the perfect cake for the individual and their celebration.

Recent Updates at Venus Cakes

Cheerleading Birthday Cake

23 April 2012

This cake was made for a client of mine who has ordered a a few cakes for celebrations. This time she wanted a birthday cake for her daughter and friend who were having a joint cheer leading themed party. You know, one of the brilliant things about my job is that it is not restricted ...

VW Camper Birthday Cake

09 April 2012

This camper van cake was made for a friend as a surprise for her birthday celebration. Her husband had to sneak out a pic of the van she used to have so that I could get a colour match and include the details on the original van including the number plate. As I write this I ...

Peppa Pig Birthday Cake

18 March 2012

This cake was made for a client of mine who has ordered several cakes from me. This time around she wanted a Peppa Pig cake for her daughter’s second birthday. I had an email from my client a couple of weeks ago to ask if this cake would be on my website in the near ...

Number 21 Birthday Cake

22 February 2012

This numeral cake can be made in any colour combination with the greeting of your choice. It is also possible to have two different flavours in each number.

Berries Wedding Cake

21 February 2012

This cake was for a wedding in December and had a wintry feel to it. It also had hundreds of berries and leaves wired together to create sweeping decorations around two of the four tiers. As you can probably guess I began this cake by making the many many berries and leaves needed. These all needed ...

Designer Birthday Cake

08 January 2012

I loved making this cake. Partly because it has the classic tiffany box which always looks lovely but mostly because it had a Jimmy Choo shoe as part of it. My client wanted to have this shoe on the cake as it is his wife’s favourite shoe. I made the shoe with an internal paper mache ...

Ballet Shoes Birthday Cake

23 November 2011

I really enjoyed making the shoes for this cake. I wanted them to look as realistic as possible with the blocky toe. I bought a pair of cheapy ballerina pumps which I could then cut up to produce a template for the sole and upper. I began by cutting out the soles of the shoes and setting ...

Cake Decorating Workshops

21 November 2011

Hello all you fellow sugarcrafters. I get lots of enquiries about teaching and courses so I am considering running some workshops in 2012. I am not entirely sure what they will include or how long they will run for but plan to run some one day workshops to focus on some simple decorating techniques ...

Moshi Monsters Birthday Cake

14 November 2011

Its that time of year again when my son decides that he wants a cake with everything he is into on it for his birthday and he wants it to be 3D and he wants it to lights up and have 30 moshlings on it. For anyone who doesn’t know what moshlings or moshi monsters ...

Moulin Rouge Birthday Cake

13 November 2011

I am feeling very tired today after a girly night out last night. I got home at midnight! This is the forty something equivalent of staying out until 4am when you are 18 years old. I would have stayed in bed until 10 this morning but Dex had a party to go to at 10 ...